

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Fræðakaffi | Baskavígin 1615
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 23 Feb, 2026 at 04:30 pm – Mon, 23 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Sigrún Antonsdóttir, afkomandi Ara í Ögri og hálfur Baski, fjallar um Baskavígin 1615.

Haustið 1615 brotnuðu þrjú skip í aftakaveðri í Reykjarfirði á Ströndum. 
Þetta voru hvalveiðiskip frá Gipuzkoa-héraði í Baskalandi. 
83 skipbrotsmenn komust í land. 
Sýslumaðurinn Ari Magnússon í Ögri dæmdi Baska "réttdræpa óbótamenn" og næstu daga og vikur voru yfir 30 skipbrotsmenn myrtir af Íslendingum. 
Jón Guðmundsson lærði var afar gagnrýninn á þetta mál og fordæmdi ákvörðun Ara. Jón var í kjölfarið dæmdur í útlegð. 

Hvað olli þessari fjandsemi af hálfu Íslendinga? 
Hvers vegna þurftu þessir Basknesku hvalveiðimenn að mæta örlögum sínum á Íslandi? 

Nánari upplýsingar:

Katrín Guðmundsdóttir
Borgarbókasafnið Spönginni
katrin.gudmundsdottir@reykjavik.is

Halldór Óli Gunnarsson
Borgarbókasafnið Spönginni
halldor.oli.gunnarsson@reykjavik.is

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Sigrún Antonsdóttir, a descendant of Ari in Ögur and half Basque, discusses the Slaying of the Basques in 1615.

In the autumn of 1615, three ships were wrecked in a severe storm in Reykjarfjörður in the Strandir region.
These were whaling ships from the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country.
83 shipwreck survivors made it ashore.
The district magistrate, Ari Magnússon of Ögur, declared the Basques outlaws, and in the following days and weeks, over 30 of the shipwrecked men were murdered by Icelanders.

Jón Guðmundsson the Learned was highly critical of this matter and condemned Ari's decision. Jón was subsequently sentenced to exile.

What caused this hostility from the Icelanders?
Why did these Basque whalers have to meet their fate in Iceland?

Further information:

Katrín Guðmundsdóttir
Borgarbókasafnið Spönginni
katrin.gudmundsdottir@reykjavik.is

Halldór Óli Gunnarsson
Borgarbókasafnið Spönginni
halldor.oli.gunnarsson@reykjavik.is
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Reykjavík
- **state**: RE
- **country**: Iceland
- **location**: Borgarbókasafnið Spönginni
- **lat**: 64.15015
- **long**: -21.78591
- **full address**: Borgarbókasafnið Spönginni, Spöngin 41, 112 Reykjavíkurborg, Ísland, Reykjavík, Iceland

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 23 Feb, 2026 at 04:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Borgarbókasafnið Spönginni, Spöngin 41, 112 Reykjavíkurborg, Ísland, Reykjavík, Iceland
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